Weightlifting

JAKARTA – Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz lifted the spirits of a Philippine contingent lost in the thick of top-class competition by winning the gold medal in the same event that catapulted her to Olympic fame – the 53Kg class in women’s weightlifting – in the Asian Games here...

In weightlifting, an athlete challenges his/her limits by lifting the heaviest weight overhead for a single repetition. It’s just an amazing thing to do the impossible!
Olympic weightlifting is not a popular sport in the Philippines. It just received a recent fame boost due to the recent...